A shift in the balance of power from patients and physicians to managers and administrators has caused major changes in American medicine. Physicians' professional and ethical standards as well as traditional patient advocacy are challenged by the influences of entrepreneurship, commercialism, and motivations of corporate profit. As these aspects of medical practice change, the physician remain...

In "Buying Health: the Costs of Commercialization and an Alternative Philosophy", Larry R. Churchill and Shelley C. Churchill discuss the commercialization of health and, in particular, the commercialization of nutrition. In this commentary on their article, I draw a connection between Churchill and Churchill's account of the commercialization of nutrition and Michael Pollan's critique of "nutr...

Librarians have responded to the decades-long “serials crisis” with a common narrative and range of responses that failed challenge ideology structures caused it. Using Walter Rodney’s theory guerilla intellectual, we critically examine dominant understanding this so-called crisis emphasize role capital plays within The imperial nature scholarly journal publishing some its many contradictions a...

Justifying his proposal for "health savings accounts," which would allow individuals to set aside tax-free dollars against future healthcare needs, President Bush has said that "Health savings accounts all aim at empowering people to make decisions for themselves." Who could disagree with such a sentiment? Although bioethicists may be among those who express skepticism that personal health savi...

in recent years, innovation and its related issues as succeeding factors in business and also a way to enter the international markets are much taken into consideration. how innovation is created in organizations /companies and basically what processes are followed in order to present a new product to the market are significant aspects of innovation which are taken into account. in this paper, ...

Abstract Introduction This study examines how dentists experience the corporatisation of dentistry and impacts rationalisation. The emergence corporate in early twenty-first century has introduced greater competition into dental marketplace. Ritzer's theory 'McDonaldisation' explores rationalisation services through provides an apt framework with which to understand qualitative insights gathere...